Example sentences of "able [verb] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Fig. 2 , the reader should be able to confirm that for interest rates above Oi 1 , where the speculative demand for money is zero , the LM curve becomes vertical . |
| 2 | Nona might be able to confirm this for them . |
| 3 | ‘ Dear Theda , you must surely be able to see that for yourself . |
| 4 | And we were able to find that for them . |
| 5 | That is a question I am afraid that is impossible to answer at this stage , that wo n't be known until he 's had a thorough investigation by the surgeons at the hospital who er probably wo n't be able to answer that for a day or two yet . |
| 6 | ‘ I sha n't be able to do that for much longer . |
| 7 | I had n't been able to do that for so long . ’ |
| 8 | First thing is that they would n't actually be able to do that for the reasons you 've stated . |
| 9 | But then she had always been able to do that for him . |
| 10 | Erm if they , if you 've got a heavy mortgage , and I 'm not suggesting that many of you will have a heavy mortgage , it 's not a bad thing when you 're retiring to fix a rate , because we 've not been able to do that for a long time . |
| 11 | In its wisdom , the Community felt able to do that for the Iberian peninsula a few years ago and it would be right and proper for it to do something analogous for the central European countries . |
| 12 | Erm , you can look after your own factories in this country , and you source ingredients , but you wo n't be able to do that for anything coming ov coming overseas . |
| 13 | I 'm going to inform erm a friend of mine who might be able to do that for us . |
| 14 | I suspect that if we were to take a sensate tension structure such as the love-hate paradox that lies at the heart of Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet theme , we would be able to transpose it into different forms each appropriate to a particular culture , and , provided we had the necessary skill of course , we would be able to do this for all cultures in the world . |
| 15 | I hope that you will feel able to do this for us and that the date will be convenient . |
| 16 | Right okay just as a reminder to everybody if they have admin jobs that are pretty basic if we can save them til a Wednesday or a Thursday like photocopying and things like that then they will invariably be able to do those for you . |
| 17 | Example 103 , from No. 7 of Karg-Elert 's Interludes in Various Keys for organ , shows a mixture of diatonic and chromatic substitution notes typical of this composer : The student will be able to analyse this for himself , but he should beware of treating the second chord in the penultimate bar , or the first chord in the last bar , as triads in their own right . |
| 18 | For example , a Phantom may only be able to stay airborne for something like an hour and three-quarters , two hours using it 's own fuel but with a tanker there we can keep them topped virtually well , obviously until we run out of fuel and for much , much longer . |
| 19 | ‘ Wo n't be able to get that for much longer , Old Thing , ’ she murmured complacently . |
| 20 | They went squelching on their way dropping their money and I was able to get enough for some new feathers for Tony 's hat to replace those he lost when Nutty put his head in the scruncher . |
| 21 | From next March shops will be able to charge more for credit card purchases than cash transactions . |
| 22 | Many garden centres also now sell unglazed terracotta versions of rope-twist tiles , and your local centre should be able to order some for you . |
| 23 | ‘ You wo n't be able to feel sorry for yourself again . ’ |
| 24 | You will then know what a healthy weight-loss diet is for you and be able to follow this for a further two weeks , or longer if necessary . |
| 25 | Desmond Bonney has been able to show this for the Enford area of Wiltshire , where the territory of each small settlement can be tentatively defined , even though most of their boundaries never emerge as more than tithing arrangements , if that . |